How you can use Google Maps like a social network

PLUS: An ugly chess match, a space explosion, and universal broadband. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 03.14.21   HARASSMENT A Bird-Feed Seller Beat a Chess Master Online. Then It Got Ugly BY CECILIA D'ANASTASIO Twitch and YouTube chess star Levy Rozman has faced over a week of sustained harassment after calling out an alleged cheater.   ANIMAL CRACKERS A New Kind of Space Explosion Reveals the Birth of a Black Hole BY JONATHAN O'CALLAGHAN A supernova-like explosion dubbed the Camel appears to be the result of a newborn black hole eating a star from the inside out.   INTERNET FOR ALL Democrats Are Getting Serious About Universal Broadband BY JON BRODKIN, ARS TECHNICA After approving a $7 billion fund to help students get internet access, lawmakers on the left proposed a $94 billion package to deploy high-speed broadband nationwide.   YOU'VE ARRIVED How You Can Use Google Maps Like a Social Network BY DAVID NIELD The mapping app is about much more than simply getting from A to B. Here's how to get tailored updates, reviews, and local perspectives. GET WIRED Flash Sale! For a limited time only, get 1 year of WIRED access for $10 $5. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   OPINION Bitcoin's Greatest Feature Is Also Its Existential Threat BY BARATH RAGHAVAN AND BRUCE SCHNEIER The cryptocurrency depends on the integrity of the blockchain. But China's censors, the FBI, or powerful corporations could fragment it into oblivion.   ROAM IF YOU WANT TO Sonos Wants Roam to Be Your Post-Pandemic Party Speaker BY BOONE ASHWORTH Sonos has stood out in the crowded speaker market by selling high-end Wi-Fi speakers. Now it's fully aboard the portable Bluetooth train.   FTC Biden Is Assembling a Big Tech Antitrust All-Star Team BY GILAD EDELMAN Appointing Lina Khan to the FTC would add an anti-monopoly crusader to a crucial position—as does Tim Wu's installment at the National Economic Council.   CORONAVIRUS UPDATE The Pandemic Turns One, Vaccine Trials Adapt, and More Coronavirus News BY EVE SNEIDER Catch up on the most important updates from this week.   DOT PHYSICS How Pi Keeps Train Wheels on Track BY RHETT ALLAIN Happy 3/14! Thanks to this mathematical constant, train cars don't go flying away during turns.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions